THE BRITISH SCHOOL OF BAHRAIN
- AN OUTSTANDING ACCREDITED PREMIUM SCHOOL
ABOUT THE SCHOOL : An Introduction
Rated as Outstanding by Bahrain Quality Assurance(BQA) and by British Schools Overseas (BSO), the British school of Bahrain has been one of the leading schools in Bahrain for over 26 years.
BSB is the recipient of many international awards and accolades. BSB’s purpose-built campus caters to students from ages 3 to 18. With over 90 nationalities, it is a truly international school and the value placed on individuality is evident in their inclusive and innovative teaching approach.
The students attained the highest A Level results in Bahrain in 2023 and BSB graduates progress to the leading universities around the world. At the British School of Bahrain, students are nurtured to develop the skills needed in a modern connected world and achieve exceptional academic results, all in a stress free environment.
Academics Overview
A BSB education is designed to nurture the values and character of individuals as well as their academic, sporting and artistic talents. Our students lead by example with a commitment to community and philanthropy. Each student is encouraged to have a strong ethical drive and to positively change the world around them. BSB students are happy, courageous, innovative, determined, original and kind. They have passion and a keen sense of the world they want to live in and how they should improve it.
BSB’s curriculum is based on the National Curriculum for England, adapted to the needs of an international community in a British educational environment. The British School of Bahrain celebrates over 26 years of excellence in British education and is proud to be fully accredited by the Confederation of British International Schools (COBIS). BSB is constantly rated Outstanding by the Education and Training Quality Authority (BQA) and British School Overseas (BSO).
Inspired is the leading global group of premium schools, offering excellencein Kindergarten to Upper 6th education to over 70,000 students, and BSB is proud to be an Inspired school. Its international network of 80+ schools, across 23 + countries on 5 continents, delivers proven best practice from every corner of the globe to ensure learning is world class. Inspired students benefit from this unique global connectivity, in schools that are anchored in their local community.
Achieving Academic Excellence
Through students’ sheer determination and passion, and with the empowerment and support of the school’s highly qualified and dedicated teachers, BSB achieved the best A level results in Bahrain , with several students’ achieving top marks in the world and in the Gulf region.
At the British School of Bahrain, students develop their academic knowledge while enhancing their 21st Century skills and understanding, to become confident, successful, and independent members of a global society achieving top international examination results and accessing the best universities in the world, including Ivy league, Russell Group, and Oxbridge Universities.
Awards
The British School of Bahrain has established itself as a beacon of educational excellence, setting a benchmark for other institutions. Being recognized as the most awarded school in Bahrain in 2023 is a testament to its unwavering dedication to achieving educational distinctions.
The school’s commitment to academic excellence is evident through its remarkable achievements in the GCSE examinations.
In 2023, the British School of Bahrain was acknowledged for providing the “Best GCSEs in Bahrain,” reflecting its commitment to delivering a high-quality education.
Similarly, the school has achieved unparalleled success in its A-Level programs, receiving the distinction of “Best A-Level Results in Bahrain” for four consecutive years. This remarkable feat highlights the school’s dedication to providing top-tier educational resources and support.
Furthermore, the British School of Bahrain has excelled in guiding its students towards future success, with 90% of them gaining acceptance into their first-choice universities in 2023.
Meet The School Leadership Team
A very warm welcome to the British School of Bahrain. I am proud to lead this distinguished and successful school where happy, confident students, inspiring teachers, and a beautiful modern campus combine to create an innovative, ambitious, welcoming, vibrant, and nurturing environment for your children.
Our ‘family first’ approach ensures that BSB maintains its long-standing heritage as the leading community school of choice in Bahrain. BSB is a friendly, inclusive, tolerant, and diverse international community where our unique 360° approach to wellbeing ensures that people are always the key focus. It is our privilege to build an active and open partnership with you and your children. We are a school that listens, and your voice will be heard.
Our students are motivated to enjoy a wealth of new, exciting, and stimulating opportunities every single day. We encourage our students to become increasingly independent in their learning and develop their thinking to challenge and be challenged in return. We challenge our students to surpass expectations, whatever their ability. We celebrate achievements and pride ourselves on the personalised learning and individual attention we give to every child.
Our pioneering approach to learning ensures that academic outcomes are exceptional and that BSB students progress to pursue their further studies in some of the world’s leading universities. With that being said, we know that our students are not defined by qualifications alone. We uncover hidden talents and strive to bring out the best in everyone. We deliver a broad and holistic curriculum, underpinned by an extensive enrichment offering culminating in the exciting Beyond BSB programme.
BSB students leave school fully equipped with the skills, creativity, emotional intelligence and courage to lead, inspire and impact global change in the path that they choose. This website gives you a first glimpse into the BSB adventure, but our school is best experienced in person. We encourage you to visit the school for a personal tour and I look forward to welcoming you and your children.
– Ms Liz Stanley, Headteacher
Mrs.Julie Anne Gilbert
Head Of Infant School
Mr.Robert Howe
Head Of Junior School
Mr.Wayne Ridgway
Head Of Senior School
Life at the British School of Bahrain
The British School of Bahrain is an all-through school for students aged 3 to 18, from early years (Nursery) through to GCSE and ALevel. BSB has the unique opportunity for students of all ages to interact on one campus, something that no other British School in Bahrain can offer. This creates numerous opportunities and regularly, older students can be seen leading Story Time or sports sessions for younger students.
A Great Deal of Community Involvement
The British School of Bahrain is a school with its roots firmly in Bahrain, but one that is now growing with the global community, led by the Inspired group of school. The school instils values in all its students and is engaged with the local community in a range of projects and programmes.
The diversity of engagement is something the school is proud about with activities including supporting low-income families, migrant workers, local and national charities, environmental projects, beach cleans, partnering local schools, sports tournaments and many more.
BSB’s community initiatives were recognised by multiple prestigious education organisations including COBIS, GESS Education Awards, and the International School Awards.
Most Diverse School in Bahrain
The British School of Bahrain, with over 90 nationalities, has the most diverse cohort of students of any school in Bahrain. This, coupled with the English National Curriculum, offers students an unrivalled educational foundation and global perspective from an early age.
As an Outstanding international school in Bahrain, BSB is proud to have its roots in the Bahraini community, while nurturing global citizens. Celebrating over 26 years of excellence, the school is rich with experience, yet modern and future focused in its approach to teaching.
Family Feel Campus
The British School of Bahrain is famous for being a big school, but with a small feel to it. New parents are always delighted that the school feels intimate and welcoming, in a way that helps create a fun environment in which every child thrives.
Each student is known as an individual and all our parents are welcomed into BSB’s inclusive community. The wellbeing of the students, parents, and staff always remains the first priority at the British School of Bahrain. The school is renowned for its welcoming and inclusive culture. This is modern schooling at its best.
The Three Pillars At BSB
The British School of Bahrain provides an excellent enriching educational programme for all children.
BSB takes pride in ensuring that every child is treated as an individual and recognises their own particular learning profile.
Throughout the school, BSB is renowned for academic rigour in a safe, stress-free environment.
With the best A level results in Bahrain for 2021 and 2022, the British School of Bahrain is clearly the top-performing school in the country.
The British School of Bahrain seeks to instill a lifelong love of sport in all students.
Elite athletes and sports players are nurtured through the school’s talented staff and partnership programmes.
For every student, there is an emphasis on keeping healthy and keeping fit by offering choice and opportunity across all year groups.
All students, regardless of ability, are supported and encouraged to pursue their sporting passions and to take part individually or to represent house or school teams.
35+ Sports Offered
30+ Sport Teams
100+ Sporting fixtures for the school teams
+Access to the Inspired Global sports competitions
+Other International competitions and events
The British School of Bahrain acknowledges that participation in the arts is vital to the development of creativity, passion and individuality of each child.
BSB provides an open, exciting and challenging environment for all students to develop as musicians and performers.
Large numbers of BSB students thrive within the school’s diverse and vibrant programmes of musical and performing arts activities.
These range from Beginners’ concerts, to more prestigious regional events hosted by BSB.
The BSB Campus
The BSB Infant School - Kindergarten
Welcome to the British School of Bahrain’s Infant school. Our community of teachers, parents, children and support staff includes people from a very wide range of backgrounds and nationalities. A sense of mutual respect and warmth is fundamentally important to us at all levels.
Academically, children are very much treated as individuals, with their own strengths, weaknesses and quirks. They are encouraged to do their “very best” in everything they undertake. We have found that our high challenge/low stress environment tends to bring the best out in our pupils.
Although we take teaching and learning very seriously indeed, we are in no doubt that a sense of humour is a vital ingredient in any infant school. Teachers are approachable and genuinely interested in children. It would be rare to see any teacher or assistant crossing the playground at break-time without stopping for an informal chat with a group of children.
Our aim is for children to be secure in themselves as individuals, enthusiastic collaborators and open communicators. We are proud of the fact that visitors to the school often comment that the children appear to be sociable, unspoiled and in some ways refreshingly unsophisticated.
– MRS. JULIE ANNE GILBERT, HEAD OF INFANT SCHOOL
Infant School Curriculum Overview
Nursery and Reception – Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) BSB curriculum is based on the National Curriculum of England and Wales which we adapt to our local setting from time to time. There is a rigorous focus on children learning to communicate, read, write and understand mathematical concepts in the infant years. Learning is enhanced with engaging topic work and “themed” days which are held regularly. Within our infant school, we have four year groups.
EARLY YEARS - KEY STAGE 1
Children in the EYFS learn by playing and exploring, being active and through creative and critical thinking which takes place both indoors and outside. The curriculum for the Early Years classes is divided into seven areas of learning. Of these seven, there are three prime areas which are the key focus areas in Nursery and Reception. The prime areas are Personal, Social and Emotional Development; Communication and Language; and Physical Development. The remaining four areas are referred to as specific areas of learning. They are Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design, and are incorporated as appropriate within our overall curriculum and according to the needs of individual children.
The BSB Juniors School - Elementary
Welcome to the British School of Bahrain’s Junior school, where eager, inquiring young minds meet academic and pastoral mentors whose goal is to make these four years of your child’s educational journey truly count.
It’s not just about minds; the whole child matters to us, growing and achieving through the important dimensions of physical education and the performing arts, as well as through nurture and high standards in the classroom.
At BSB Junior school, we ensure that children come first. Our priority is to make them feel welcome, settled, valued and part of the BSB family.
— MR. ROBERT HOWE, HEAD TEACHER OF JUNIOR SCHOOL
Junior School Curriculum Overview
Years 3, 4, 5 & 6
BSB’s curriculum is based on the National Curriculum for England, adapted to the needs of an international community in a British educational environment.
English is the medium of instruction, as well as a subject of study in its own right. Arabic, the mother tongue of Bahrain, is a core subject for all our students, taught in sets according to prior experience of the language, from complete beginners to fluent Arabic speakers.
Twenty-first century skills run throughout the curriculum, setting children on the right path toward their secondary education. However, Junior School is about far more than preparation for Senior School. It is a colourfully illustrated chapter of a child’s life, which can never be repeated. Junior education matters, and that is why we make it our business to get it right, for every child.
The BSB Senior School - Middle School & High School
Welcome to the British School of Bahrain Senior School. At BSB Senior School we follow the National Curriculum for England and Wales with adaptations to allow for the international nature of our students and the location of our school in the host nation, the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Our curriculum is engaging, challenging and enriching, providing the perfect platform for success at University. Our students are extensively prepared for entry to some of the world’s top universities.
— WAYNE RIDGWAY, HEAD TEACHER OF SENIOR SCHOOL
Senior School Curriculum Overview
Years 7 to 13 - Key stage 3, 4 and 5
At the British School of Bahrain, we follow the National Curriculum for England and Wales with adaptations to allow for the international nature of our students and also the location of our school in the host nation, the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Within Senior school, there are three key stages :
Key stage 3 – Years 7,8,9
Key stage 4 – Years 10 & 11 (GCSE / IGCSE) – See prospectus
Key stage 5 – Years 12 & 13 (A Levels / BTEC) – See prospectus
Multi-Faceted Enrichment Programme
BEYOND BSB
Beyond BSB is an innovative multi-faceted enrichment programme which aims to develop the skills and interests of all students within the BSB Senior School in order to ensure that they are successful when they enter their chosen university and careers.
WE OFFER TO STUDENTS :
- Mini-MBA: Aimed at students who aspire to a career in Business or Business Management.
- The Inspired Project: A personal investigation project for students in Year 10 and Year 12. Pupils are expected to devise and complete their own project being supervised by their chosen subject mentor.
- Enrichment Lecture Series: An enriching, weekly, university-level lecture programme, currently delivered via live streaming as a MOOC. Students take part in a variety of academic talks about exciting and engaging topics.
- Subject Enrichment courses: A short programme designed to enhance applications to the world’s most prestigious universities, including preparation for entrance assessment.
- University guidance counselling provision .
- Personal skills and Personal Profile seminars.
- Global Business etiquette seminars.
KEY INFORMATION AT A GLANCE
Educational
Curriculum
British Curriculum
Age
Groups
3 Years To 18 Years
School
Grades
Nursery To Year13
Fees
Structure
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Infant School Open Day
Learn why families have chosen the British School of Bahrain for over 26 years. Discover how far your child can progress with an outstanding UK curriculum and the inspiration to achieve their greatest potential.
The British School of Bahrain extends a warm welcome to prospective families. We wish to invite you to our upcoming Open Day event to learn more about our school and meet our friendly, dedicated staff in person.
Admissions are now open for the Academic Year 2024-2025
To learn more about what makes the British School of Bahrain an “Outstanding” school that offers the best holistic UK based education in Bahrain.
With three rigorous inspections undertaken by industry professionals, the school was once again reaffirmed as one of the foremost “Outstanding Schools” by the Bahrain Quality Assurance inspectorate (BQA) . At the same time, the British Schools Overseas (BSO) inspectors concluded that the school provides an excellent quality of education for its students – the highest of accolades from this prestigious inspection regime.
CONTACT INFORMATION & DETAILS
- British School Of Bahrain
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Address : Building 1080, Road 1425, Block 1014, Hamala,
Kingdom of Bahrain - Tel Landline : +973 17610920
- Website : https://britishschoolbahrain.com
- Working Hours : Sunday To Thursday
- Timings : 7.30am - 3.30pm
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